Nigeria Police Force has arrested the Personal Assistant to the Governor of Kwara State on Political Matters (Kwara South) Mr. Alabi Olalekan.
Available reports show that Olalekan was arrested Tuesday night from his residence in Ilorin. Police operatives were said to have immediately taken him to the Force Headquarters in Abuja.
A reliable source within the Kwara government confirmed the development.
“Yes, we understand the police invited him to explain his role as one of the channels of the administration’s youth empowerment schemes,” said the source.
What is unclear is whether the arrest is connected with the face-off between the Police and the camp of Senate President, Bukola Saraki/Governor Ahmed.
Ahmed had, May 17, described as false and misleading, insinuations linking him and Saraki with the suspected cultists arrested in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, and transferred by the Nigeria Police to Abuja.
The governor also denied any knowledge of any intention to harm any individual, stressing that the political leadership in the state has never used violence as a political tool.